Towards the phylogeny of APS reductases and sirohaem sulfite reductases in sulfate-reducing and sulfur-oxidizing prokaryotes

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2891-2902

  Hipp, Wolfgang M ^a   Pott, Andrea S ^a   Thum Schmitz, Natalie ^a   Faath, Ilka ^a   Dahl, Christiane ^a   Trüper, Hans G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adenosine 5' phosphosulfate reductase; Chromatium vinosum; Enzyme evolution; Phylogeny; Sirohaem sulfite reductase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SULFITE REDUCTASE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHROMATIUM VINOSUM; CLASSIFICATION; DESULFOVIBRIO; DNA PROBE; GENETIC DISTANCE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SULFUR BACTERIUM;

EID: 0030821694     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-9-2891     Document Type: Article

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